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YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING
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January 5, 2016
City Hall -- CM Conference Room
12 noon
1. Roll Call
Council Members Maureen Adkison, Kathy Coffey, Holly Cousens, Dulce Gutierrez, Avina Gutierrez,
Carmen Mendez and Bill Lover
Staff: Interim City Manager Cutter and Acting City Clerk Stephens
2. State Legislative & Administrative Priorities Review
It was Council consensus for Kathy Coffey to serve as Presiding Officer.
The City's contracted Olympia lobbyist Jim Justin, stated the 2016 session of the Washington State
Legislature will begin on January 11, 2016, and is an off -year, short session scheduled to last no
more than 60 days. His subcontractor, Jennifer Ziegler via conference call, briefed the City Council
regarding the upcoming session and reviewed the City's adopted 2016 State Legislative &
Administrative Priorities.
MOTION: Cousens moved and D. Gutierrez seconded that the Yakima Central Plaza funding
be removed from the actively pursue category. Lover moved and Mendez seconded to
postpone the issue and move it to a study session, the motion failed by a 4 -3 vote with D. Gutierrez,
A. Gutierrez, Cousens and Coffey voting no. The motion to remove this from the actively pursue
category carried by a 4 -3 vote with Adkison, Mendez and Coffey voting no.
MOTION: A. Gutierrez moved and Coffey seconded that administrative warrants be
removed from the actively pursue category. The motion carried by a 6 -1 vote, with Adkison
voting no.
MOTION: A. Gutierrez moved and Cousens seconded to move the voting rights act from the
monitor category to the actively pursue category. Lover moved and Adkison seconded to
postpone, the motion failed by a 5 -2 vote, with Lover and Adkison voting yes. The motion to move
this item to actively pursue carried by a 6 -1 vote with Lover voting no.
Council members discussed allowing an interview of the Prothman Company during its January 12,
2016, Special Meeting from noon to 12:15 p.m. This was approved by Council consensus.
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3. Adjournment
MOTION: Mendez moved and A. Gutierrez seconded to adjourn to the Council Business
meeting today at 5:15 p.m. for an Executive Session and 6:00 p.m. for a Council Business
Meeting at City Hall. The motion carried by unanimous vote. The meeting adjourned at 1:40 p.m.
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